“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm
“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda
When a number is repeatedly square, its’ value grows exponentially. Can the same be true about creativity and innovation when teachers commit to connecting online through blogging about their experiences in a classroom? Can a distributed community of practice be created if teachers commit to blogging and reading each other’s blogs during four weeks? Can this community foster creativity and innovation in its’ teachers? Can it change the culture of a school?
1. Blogging is public, think before your post.
2. Write your blogs in a word processing program like Word, save it, then copy and paste into your blogger site.
3. Ask permission before mentioning someone's name on a blog, never use a last name, address, or phone number.
4. Opinions are fine, just don't offend anyone.
5. Write about your practice, what you know, what you did, what you think, what you hope, what you need help with, what you would want to read.
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Our Blogs
we are using www.edublogs.org“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm
“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda
When a number is repeatedly square, its’ value grows exponentially. Can the same be true about creativity and innovation when teachers commit to connecting online through blogging about their experiences in a classroom? Can a distributed community of practice be created if teachers commit to blogging and reading each other’s blogs during four weeks? Can this community foster creativity and innovation in its’ teachers? Can it change the culture of a school?
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Blogging Tips
1. Blogging is public, think before your post.
2. Write your blogs in a word processing program like Word, save it, then copy and paste into your blogger site.
3. Ask permission before mentioning someone's name on a blog, never use a last name, address, or phone number.
4. Opinions are fine, just don't offend anyone.
5. Write about your practice, what you know, what you did, what you think, what you hope, what you need help with, what you would want to read.
http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blogging_Rules
http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/2007/05/responsible-blogging.html
Copyright and Fair use issues.
http://weblogs.about.com/od/bloggingethics/qt/CopyrightFairUs.htm
Educational Blogs
Examples of teacher blogs.How to Create a blog on Edublogs,